Something interesting happens to us when trouble comes into our lives. Something marvelous and wonderful unfolds in the depth of our spirit as we emerge from a troublesome bout with the unfathomable issues of life like loss, sickness, illness, family disarray, abandonment, or betrayal. These are all painful, sometimes soul-crushing events which, when we emerge, somehow, we are better than before.
After a trial, our endurance and spiritual resilience have grown, and we are wiser and stronger. At the end of a trial our understanding of life is better than before, we learned trouble has an end, and waiting on God is profitable. Wisdom has been added because of the experience. Our spirits are reinforced by the mere enduring of the circumstance. Our territory is enlarged when it comes to the breadth and width of who we are and the depth and height of our moral and spiritual fortitude. Patience and the capacity to rise from the ashes of our dilemmas are a byproduct of our problems. Compassion for others in similar circumstances runs deeper than before, and empathy for others flows from our hearts.
God my Redeemer is always near, and He still restores. At the end of my trial, no matter what has happened, I find that what has really changed is me.
Romans 5: 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
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